The presiding judge in the case against convicted marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev warned jurors last week against automatically assuming the reliability of FBI interview reports.
US District Court Judge George O’Toole’s admonition inadvertently bolstered long-standing criticisms of FBI interview practices - that the FBI creates its own “truth” by refusing to electronically record interviews, and then forcing witnesses to go along with it using threats of jail time under the federal “making false statements” statute.
http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/05/20/tsarnaev-case-judge-fbi-interview-reports-are-unreliable-and-cast-in-stone/
Anyone who gets a knock at the door from an FBI agent would be well advised to invite an attorney over before opening the door - or your mouth.
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